Coronation of the Emerstarian monarch

The coronation of Erik X Gustaf in 1916.

The coronation of the Emerstarian monarch (specifically, initiation rite) in which the monarch of Emerstari is formally invested so and is crowned as so in Rensulier Cathedral in witness of God, the clerics and peers and the officers of military and government of the realm, and foreign leaders and diplomats. Often, many Emerstarians form a crowd outside of the cathedral to catch whatever glimpse of the monarch they may see before or after the ceremony; though, since the first live broadcasting of the event in 1972, many Emerstarians also watch it at home.

The coronation usually occurs on a Christmas Day several months after the death of the previous monarch, as the event is supposed to be a joyous occasion as opposed to a mournful one. This interval allows the planners of the event enough time to complete any arrangements and historically allowed the invitees of the event to arrive from all across Emerstari. For example, the incumbent Emerstarian King, Erik XII Georg ascended to the throne on 7 July 1994 upon his father's abdication, and he was crowned on 25 December 1994.

The ceremony is presided over primarily by the Bishop of the Synod, the most senior cleric within the Church of Emerstari; however, many other clerics and peers have roles. Most participants in the ceremony are in ceremonial uniforms or robes and coronets. At the coronation of Erik XII Georg in 1994, there were 8,201 attendees in the cathedral and 12,049 people outside. It was viewed on television by around 32.1 million people in Emerstari, about ⅗ of the population at the time.

Procession and Procedures

The coronation process was layed out by Georg I Erik in a manuscript he had commissioned in 1501, describing more or less his own coronation ceremony, which occured in 1444. With the creation or extinction of various offices as well as the personal preferences of various monarchs, though, the modern coronation process may vary slightly. Translated into English, the manuscript says thus: